If you are approved for LEAP, typically payments are made directly to your primary heating fuel vendor and a notice will be sent to you informing you of the benefit amount. In most cases, the energy assistance benefit is paid directly to the household energy supplier. A household receiving a LEAP benefit is still responsible to pay heating costs directly to the vendor.
The statewide budget is allocated to equitably serve all of Colorado. The LEAP program is federally funded and benefit levels are set at a rate that ensures everyone who applies and qualifies gets help. “In order for people to stay on top of heating bills, food, and medicine, they should apply.” “It’s imperative that households that have been okay in the past and not applied understand that they can apply for our program,” says Kullen. LEAP assistance is not intended to pay a household’s entire cost of home heating, so it is important that households continue to pay their heating bills.Īccording to Theresa Kullen, LEAP manager for the Colorado Department of Human Services, at the time of this writing Larimer County applications are up 8.63 percent over this same time last year. Citizen or Lawfully Permanent Resident as part of the household. To qualify for LEAP, applicants must be responsible for paying heating costs to an energy provider, fuel dealer or, as part of their rent be a resident of Colorado and have at least one U.S. The LEAP program began November 1 and runs through the April 30, 2022. Through the administering of LEAP, Goodwill helps break this barrier and allows residents to focus on their job search and caring for their families. Goodwill’s mission is heavily focused on helping employ individuals with economic barriers-including those lacking the finances to keep their homes heated in the wintertime. In simpler terms, the maximum gross income for a household of one is $2,759 or, for a family of four, $5,306. In Larimer County, Goodwill administers LEAP through a partnership with the State of Colorado Department of Human Services which provides home heating assistance to households with income up to 60 percent of the Colorado State Median Income. Qualified applicants will see relief through the federal Low-income Energy Assistance Program, better known as LEAP. And for those struggling with the loss of a job or one that doesn’t quite pay all the bills, that’s an all-too-real possibility. Times are tough and the last thing Larimer County officials want to see is someone forced to choose between paying for heat, food, or medicine. Heating costs this winter are forecast to jump drastically over last year with spikes of 6, 34, and 53 percent for electric, natural gas, and fuel oil, respectively. By Darren Thornberry for Reporter-Herald Business Spotlight
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